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Tory Lanez Charts 2nd Album, But Adele's No. 1 For 4th Week

Adele’s 30 spends its fourth straight week at the top of the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, achieving the highest album sales for the week and cumulatively selling 40,000 copies, and the infamous Tory Lanez charts his new album at 19.

Tory Lanez Charts 2nd Album, But Adele's No. 1 For 4th Week

By FYI Staff

Adele’s 30 spends its fourth straight week at the top of the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, achieving the highest album sales for the week. Cumulatively,, 30 has surpassed 10,000 units sold in each of its four weeks of release.


Michael Buble’s Christmas remains at No. 2 with the second highest on-demand stream total for the week.

The top debut belongs to the latest posthumous album from Juice WRLD. Fighting Demons enters at No. 3 with the highest on-demand streams for the week. It is the follow-up to his second straight No. 1 album, Legends Never Die.

Ed Sheeran’s = holds at 4 and Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) falls to No. 5.

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Two more new releases enter the top 30: Tory Lanez’s Alone At Prom lands at 19, his second charting album of 2021, following the No. 56 Playboy in March; and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s B4 AVA comes in at 24–his first charted release since Artist 2.0 reached No. 4 in February 2020.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC Data's Paul Tuch

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University of Alberta Study Finds 87% of Canadian Musicians View Generative AI ‘Negatively’
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University of Alberta Study Finds 87% of Canadian Musicians View Generative AI ‘Negatively’

The Western Canadian university surveyed 263 Canadian musicians about their thoughts on AI’s rampant rise and the use of streaming services as an artistic tool.

A new study from the University of Alberta surveyed 263 “working Canadian musicians,” asking them about their experiences working in the evolving music industry. As respondents discussed an increase in the industry’s tech advancements, namely generative AI, many were not optimistic.

Of the 142 participants who highlighted the rapid use of AI, 87% viewed it “negatively.” Many shared they are actively avoiding the tool in their music, with some explaining that it’s devaluing human-made work. As AI continues to affect the music industry, participants say that it’s becoming a challenge to bring in new listeners and earn a livable wage.

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